technical specifications

Tableau Desktop: professional edition

  • Contains all analysis & visualization features
  • Connects to all Tableau supported data sources, including relational databases, multi-dimensional databases and desktop files
  • Connects to Tableau Server for web-based analytics
  • Microsoft® Windows® Vista, XP, Server 2008, Server 2003, or 2000
  • 55 megabytes minimum free disk space
  • Compatible with 32- or 64-bit versions of Windows (see note 1)
  • 32-bit color depth recommended
  • Download trial +

Tableau Desktop: personal edition

  • Contains all analysis & visualization features
  • Connects to desktop data files – Excel, Access, text (csv) files, and Tableau data extracts
  • Microsoft® Windows® Vista, XP, Server 2008, Server 2003, or 2000
  • 55 megabytes minimum free disk space
  • Compatible with 32- or 64-bit versions of Windows (see note 1)
  • 32-bit color depth recommended
  • Download trial +

Tableau Reader

  • Opens any Tableau Packaged Workbook in a simplified user experience optimized for viewing
  • Supports viewing, filtering, paging, sorting, exporting, and printing
  • Microsoft® Windows® Vista, XP, Server 2008, Server 2003, or 2000
  • 40 megabytes minimum free disk space
  • Compatible with 32- or 64-bit versions of Windows (see note 1)
  • 32-bit color depth recommended
  • Download free application +

Tableau Server

  • Delivers web-based analytics from any workbook created by Tableau Professional
  • Delivered as a complete solution, no other prerequisite software required
  • Connects to all Tableau supported data sources, including relational databases, multi-dimensional databases and desktop files
  • Publish content to the server from Tableau Professional
  • Microsoft® Windows® Server 2008, Server 2003 sp1 or higher, Vista, or XP sp3 or higher (see note 2). Compatible with 32- or 64-bit versions of Windows (see note 1).
  • Supports access from Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, 7 & 8, Mozilla Firefox 3.x and higher, Google Chrome and Apple Safari 3.x.
  • Supports Microsoft Active Directory, in addition to the built-in Tableau user system, for user authentication and group membership definitions
  • Dual-core, 1.8 GHz or higher minimum recommended CPU
  • 2 gigabytes minimum system memory
  • 500 megabytes minimum free disk space
  • 32-bit color depth recommended
  • Download trial +

Data Sources

  • Firebird 2.0 or later
  • Hyperion Essbase 7x and System 9 or later
  • IBM DB2 8.0 or later (running on pSeries or xSeries)
  • Microsoft Access 2000 or later
  • Microsoft Analysis Services 2000, 2005, or 2008
  • Microsoft Excel 2000 or later
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2000, 2005, or 2008
  • MySQL 3.23 or later
  • Netezza release 3 or later (requires Netezza ODBC driver version 3.1.4 or later)
  • Oracle 9i or later
  • PostgreSQL 7.0 or later
  • Teradata 6 or later
  • Text files, comma delimited format
  • Vertica 2.2.0 or later

Internationalization

All of Tableau’s products are Unicode enabled and compatible with data stored in any language. The user interface and supporting documentation are in English.

Virtualized Environments

All of Tableau’s products operate in virtualized environments when they are configured with the proper underlying Windows operating system and minimum hardware requirements. These virtualization solutions include VMWare, Microsoft Virtual PC, and Citrix environments.

Notes

1) Tableau has been tested and is supported on 64-bit Windows versions. Tableau is a 32-bit application and does require 32-bit versions of the database drivers, even when running on 64-bit versions of Windows. 2) Before installing the Tableau Server on your Windows Vista or XP desktop, Tableau recommends that you consult any applicable license agreements that may restrict or otherwise limit your ability to install server applications on your desktop operating system.